Skid



Patented Feb. 22, 1927.`

CLARENCE H. YOUNG, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKID.

Application nl ed February 27, 1923. Serial No. 621,589.

My invention relates to skids and particularly but not exclusively to that type known as dead skids. i

My invention which has among its ob- .jects the provision of a skid of durable con'- struction which may be fabricated and readily repaired with a minimum of expense. and

labor will be best understood from the following description when read in light of the accompanying drawings showing a specific embodiment of my invention selected for. illustrative purposes, while the scope of my inventionv will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings y Fig. 1 shows-a perspective of a skid constructed according to my invention with parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a. section on the line2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 shows a detail.

Referring to the drawings and to the preferred embodiment of my invention I have shown a skid which at each side is provided with a longitudinally arranged girder, these girders supporting the flooring and the legs for the skid. Each -girder as shown in. the drawings comprises? a pair of angle-irons 1 and" 3, these angle-irons being arranged' with one of their webs positioned horizontally,- the horizontal web of the lower angle-iron beingl directed away from the center of the skid towards the vertical web of the upper angle-iron, and the horizontal web of the latter being directed towards the center of the skid. In this way the spaces between the horizontal webs of the pairs of angle-irons present channels opening towards the center of the skid. The angle-irons 1 and 8 are held in spaced relation by means of a plurality of tubular spacers which may conveniently,l take the form of short sections of pipe 5. As clearly indicated in the drawings the ends l of lthe tubular spacers abut the opposed sides of the horizontal webs of the angleirons l and 3 which webs are perforated to receive the bolts or other fastening members 7 which extend through the tubular spacers.

For holding the girders in .spaced relation I'provide a plurality of cross members herein exemplified by the vangle-irons 9 and the T-fironl 11, the angle-irons' 9` being positioned'at the ends of the skid and the T- iron at an intermediate portion, and if 'desired the T-iron may take the form of two angle-irons arranged back to back. The angle-irons 9 preferably are each arranged with one web positioned vertically and with their otherweb extending towards the center of the skid, while the -T-iron as is clearly shown by the drawings is likewise arranged with one web positioned vertically. The ends of the angle-irons?) and T- iron 11 are received.` inthe spaces or chanangle-irons 1 and 3 and are riveted or otherwise secured to the angle-irons las shown at 13.

The flooring for the skid as indicated by the drawings comprises the transversely arranged planks 15 the ends of. which are received in spaces or .channels between the horizontal webs of the angle-irons 1 and 3. The vertical webs of the angle-irons 9 act to protect the end planks and these webs together with the vertical web of the yT-iron 11 act to space groups of planks and to hold the planks against movement longitudinally of the skid. By removing the bolts 7 the angle-irons 3 may be det-ached from the skid which permits easy renewal'of .planks requiring replacement.

It will be noted by the above described construction that the spacing of the girders is entirely independent of the floorin for the skid, and that therefore the plan s 15 which from time to time need replacement do not have to be made with particular exactness. In fact these planks may and preferably do n't the framingloosely so as to cause the flooring to accommodate itself to the load. Further itwill be noticed that the planks 15 may yield rela-tively to each other'and to the girders when the skid is loaded without distorting or unduly straining the framing forthe skid or its supports.

As herein shown the supports forthe skid m are in the form of bars 17 bentyto a substantially U-shape and provided with anges 19 which rest againstthe lower sides lof the horizontal webs of the angle-irons `1. 'The bolts 7 hereinbe'fore referred to preferably pass through perforations in the flanges 17` and therefore act to hold the supports inassembled relation with the girders.

.In the particular embodiment of my invention illustrated I have shown the skid provided with buffers or rails which as shown are carried by the angle-irons 3.

vnels between the horizontal webs of the ioo cal details, but that withinthe sco Each butter comprises a strip 2l of coinparatively resilient material, as for example wood, which preferably is faced on its outside surface with a metal strip, the lai ter in the present form of my invention being exempliied by the vertical web of the angleiron 23. The strip 21 and angle-iron 23 are secured to and carried by the angle-iron 3 by means of bolts or other fastening members 25, and it will be noted that by this construction the buffers act to reinforce the angle-irons 3 and consequently in this sense :form part of the girders. As indicated in Fig. 3 the lower web of the angle-iron 23 is cut away at the ends of the angle-iron to permit the end portion 27 of the vertical web of the angle-iron tobe bent at right angles iso as `to protect the ends of the strips 21.

If desired the buffers 21 may be perforated as at 29 to provide sockets for the stakes 31. For the purpose of providing a durable socket the horizontal webs of the angle-irons 23 are provided with perforations .33 aligned with the perforations 29, the end of the stakes extending into or through the perforations 33. For the same reason adjacent the u per end of the perforations 29 I provide s iort sections of angleirons 35 the vertical webs of which are rivetedor otherwise secured tothe vertical webs of theangle-irons 3 and the horizontal webs of which are provided with perforations 37 in ali ment with perforations 29 as is clearly in cated in Fig. 2.

Although I have described for purposes of illustration one specific embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that I am not limited thereby to its particular mechaniof my invention wide deviations may made therefrom without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Claims:

1. A .skid\ having in combination, a floor support comprisin a pair of spaced longitudinally arrange superimposed members at each side of said skid, floor members having their ends between said superimposed members, and means independent o said ioor members for securing said pairs of members 1n spaced relation and the members of each pair in spacedrelatiom said means pgrmitting the upper of said spaced memrs to be detached from the support for removal of. the flloor members while holding the llower of said members in spaced relation.

2, A skid having in combination, a pair of yIsubstantially horizontal angle-irons at each side of said skid, said angle-irons being in-spaced relation with a web of one anglel1ron of each pair above and arallel to a web of the other angle-iron of t e same pair, floor members inserted between said webs, cross-members eiective for preventing movenient of said floor members longitudinally of said skid, and means other than said ioor members -for securing the our angle-irons in spaced relation and permitting detach-` ment from the skid of the u )per angle-irons of both pairs for removal o the floor members while securing the lower angle-irons of said pairs iu spaced relation.

3. A skid having in combination, a pair of superimposed angle-irons at each side of said skid, the upper angle-iron having one of its webs horizontally disposed and directed towards the center of said skid,the lower angleiron having one of its webs horizontally disposed and directed away from the center of said skid and abutting the inner side of the vertical web of the upper angle-iron near the lower end of said vertical web, supports for said skid secured to the under .sides of the horizontal webs of the lower angle-irons, cross members carried by the horizontal webs of said lower angle-irons for securing said lower angle-irons in spaced relation, means for securing said angle-irons in vertically spaced relation and permitting removal of the upper of said superimposed angle-irons while the lower angle-irons are secured in spaced relation, ioor members carried in the spaces between said horizontal webs, and means for preventing movement of said floor members longitudinally of said skid.

4. A skid having, in combination, a pair of superimposed angle-irons at each side of the skid, means for securing said angle-irons in spaced relation with a web of each horizontally disposed and permitting removal of the upper angle-iron of each pair while securing the lower angle-irons in spaced relation, the vertical webs of the upper angleirons being 'disposed on the sides of said an' glo-irons away'from the center of the skid, a stake-holding lateral extension for said skid secured to the outer face ofthe vertical web of one of said upper angle-irons, legs for said skid carried by said lower angle-irons, and fioor members inserted in the spaces between said horizontal webs.

5. A skid having in combination a pair of longitudinally arranged su erimposed side members at each side of sai skid, cross members connecting the opposite airs of side members and holding said opposite pairs in spaced relation, said cross members re sentmg vertical and horizontal webs, oor boards transversely arranged relatively to said skid and having their ends inthe spaces between said members at the sides of said skid, some of said floor boards overlyin the horizontal' webs of said cross mem ers, whereby thev floor is strengthened by said cross members. A

6. A skid havingin combination, a pair of substantially horizontal angle-irons at each side of the skid, said angle-irons being Vyin spaced relation with a web of one angledependent of said floor members for securing iron of each pair in a horizontal plane above and parallel to a'web of the other angle-iron of the same pair, the upper angle-iron of each .pair having a downwardly directed web -at that side of said an le-iron whichis toward the side of theski ioor members having` their ends between the horizontal parallel webs of said angle-irons, means in- `tl1e four angle-irons in spaced relation and permittinethe upper of said spaced a le. irons to detached from the skid w ile securing the lower angle-irons in` spaced relation. l i

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

CLARENCE H. YOUNG. 

